The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-08
Gerry. The total loss is placed at $50
600, with an insurance of Sl4. 400.

Gerry. The total loss is placed at $780,
600, with an insurance Of 81, 400.
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
COLUMBIA, S. C. Decree Ed
knocked his wife down and beat and
choked her numerically. While do
this his son John, aged about eighteen
years interfered. Edwards threw an
axat his son, barely missing him and
| proceeded with the prutal punishment
of his wife, The son ran into the
house house and grabbed .d a gun
of iron and commanded his
father to stop choking his mother. A
daughter was at the time also interior
| ing in behalf of her mother. Edwards
paid no heed to the threat and his son
| fired. The father, mother and daugh-
ter fell. The mother died in half an
hour afterwards and there is no hope
of the daughter recovery. The father
was only slightly wounded,
TROUBLE FOR STRIKERS.
CARBoNDALE. Pa, Dec. 1.-THE lat
est news Of the Lehigh strikers received
here is that 1000 Belgian miner have
been employed in the old country to
come to this country for the purpose of
working the mines of Eckley b. Cox.
If the Belgians come there will be blood
shed in this region, for the men feel
that they might as well die fighting as
to starye to death by the wayside in
midwinter, for if they are driven out
of the Lehigh fields they will be dis
eliminated against and black-listed ev-
erywhere by the bosses in the anthra-
cite valley of Pennsylvania and thus
will no. be able to find work anywhere.
KINsLEY CONFLAGRATION.
KINsLEY, kas., Dec, 2.-Six build
ings on Marsh avenue, two of which
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stroyed by fire last night. Loss, S15,-
600; insurance. 50, 200. 1t was doubt
less the work of an incendiary. Most
of the furniture and stock of goods
were saved. Charles Colver, a boarder,
jumped from a second story window
and received slight injuries.
BROKE HIS NECK.
CHARLESTON, S. G. Nov. 2.-Jake
NimOns, cOlored, was hanged at Mount
Pleasant, Berkley county this morning
for the murder of Mike PlOttkin an
IsTelite merchant at Holly Hall in
February last. The drop fell at 6 |
O'Clock this morning. His neck was
broken.
Loss OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
FIT. DODGE, Iowa, Dec. 2.-The agri-
cultural implement house and contents
of Granger s. Mitchell and Brabills &
Co. of this city burned yesterday. Loss,
$40, 600; insurance, SIS, 900.
THREE BUILDINGS BURNED.
HELENA, Ark, Dec. 2.-Fire yester-
day destroyed three buildings of the
Switzerland college, near this city.
Loss, S15, 900; insurance, 81 800.
HAY WAREHOUSE BURNED.
OwENsBoRO, KY, Dec. 2.-Fire here
yesterday destroyed brick warehouse
containing $40 tons of hay. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, So, 800.
A BIOCK Quilted.
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 2.-The Kirkham
s. Olmstead block was Quilted by fire
this morning. Loss, 100000.
EXPECT AN EXPOSURE.
SISSETON AGENCY, Oak, Dec. q
Special Agent Lightner, who has been
here since August. has completed the
work of allotting lands in seVeraltv to
the Indians of this reserve. Indian
Inspector Pearson, who has been for a
week inspecting Uncle Sans affairs
here, left for Washington yesterday.
1t is limited that his report will show up
considerable rottenness in the govern
ment schools. The charges against the
superintendent are of various charac-
tiers.
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. AT Farm
land, Ind, tonight Samuel Wright,
was fatally, and George Ritter, serious
ly, injured by an explosion of natural
gas. The two men entered room
which Ritter was fitting up for a
restaurant. A match was struck to
light the lamps. and an explosion in
stantly resulted, completely wrecking
the building. The explosion resulted
from a leakage of natural gas. The
money loss is $2O, 600.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
CLAY CENTER, Kas., Dec. q. w.
Gugenham, an American living at
Green, in this county, committed sui
eide this morning by shooting himself
through the brain. He left nothing to
indicate the cause of the act. 1t is
supposed to have been financial en-
barrassment, but the indications are
that his assets were more than double
the amount of liabilities. He leaves a
wife and two children.
ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKTNG.
DAYTON, O., Dec. 2.-Benford Leon
ard was caught in the act of breaking
switch lock at the junction of the Sol
diers' Home branch of the Dayton s.
Delphos railroad last evening. He was
bound over to the grand jury in the
sum of $500 to-day. A number Of
attempts at train wrecking have oc-
CURED recently on this road.
PRACTICALLY ENDED.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 2.-The
MASTERS strike is practically at an end,
Inc local UNION having given per
mission to get work wherever they
can find it.
DAMAGED S4S, 900.
WAUsAU, Wis, Dec. 2.-Anton
Mohr's dry goods house was damaged
to the extent of S4S, 600 by fire and wa
ter last night; insured for $4,000.
Agricultural Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The annual
reDort of the commissioner of aOricnl-
ture was laid before the president to-
day. The commissioner recommends
substantially the abolition of the seed